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S6 Ep237: Kate & Katherine Catch Up Plus ONE DAY WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE by Elise Esther Hearst
Category: Arts
Duration: 01:05:39
Publish Date: 2023-09-03 20:30:00
Description:
Kate and Katherine catch up on why they are in their sweats, ice baths, tour shenanigans, morning pages and their general chatter. 

Our Featured Book in this episode is One Day We're All Going to Die by playwright and debut novelist Elise Esther Hearst. This segment is brought to you by HQ/Harper Collins. 

Elise Esther Hearst is a Melbourne-based author and playwright. Elise trained in London at the Royal Court Theatre and her plays include Bright World, co-written with Andrea James (Theatreworks), The Mesh (Red Stitch) and The Sea Project (Griffin Theatre) which was shortlisted for the Griffin Award.

In 2019–20, Elise was a resident writer at Melbourne Theatre Company and is currently working on a commission for Melbourne Theatre Company. In 2020 Elise’s non-fiction story, ‘Naming Rights’ was published in the 2020 edition of Antithesis Journal and she was a guest at the 2021 Jewish Book Week.

Elise’s debut novel, One Day We Are All Going To Die, is a fast-paced, sexy and darkly humorous story about a 27-year-old single Jewish woman in Melbourne who must learn to reconcile family and cultural expectations with her own desires.

Kate and Katherine mention: 

  • Kate chatted with Hannah Kent for an event at at Matilda Books in the Adelaide Hills and mentions her interview for the podcast
  • An incredible Canberra Writers Festival event with Isy Oderberg (Hard to Bear), Dr Neela Janakiramanan (The Registrar) and Gabrielle Jackson (Pain and Prejudice)
  • Kate chatted to Astrid Edwards about The Hummingbird Effect - you can listen now on The Garret Podcast
  • Paul Dalgarno's A Country of Eternal Light
  • Mirandi Riwoe's new novel Sunbirds
  • talking about books with spoilers
  • Katherine's enjoying doing morning pages (re-inspired by Natasha Lester's excellent newsletter Bijoux)
  • Kate's loving her new up-sized note book with no lines (also an excellent pen)
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